--- title: Do not add Google Play Integrity integration ·... description: A GitHub discussion on the EU Digital Identity Wallet technical specification urges maintainers to drop the planned Google Play Integrity API and Apple App... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/do-not-add-google-play-integrity-integration-eu-digital-identity-wallet-av-doc-technical-specifica-ae4izr0v0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification · Discussion #19 | daily.dev og:description: A GitHub discussion on the EU Digital Identity Wallet technical specification urges maintainers to drop the planned Google Play Integrity API and Apple App... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/do-not-add-google-play-integrity-integration-eu-digital-identity-wallet-av-doc-technical-specifica-ae4izr0v0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ae4Izr0v0.png og:image:alt: Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification · Discussion #19 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification · Discussion #19 **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A GitHub discussion on the EU Digital Identity Wallet technical specification urges maintainers to drop the planned Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation requirements. Contributors argue this creates dangerous dependency on American tech giants, violates EU digital sovereignty principles, excludes users on non-Google Android builds (rooted devices, custom ROMs), and provides questionable security benefits. Alternatives like the Yivi identity app and open-source Unified Attestation by Volla are cited as proof that such dependencies are unnecessary. The thread also raises concerns about accessibility for users without smartphones and the broader precedent of tying EU government services to proprietary platform gatekeepers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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